BID “Safe” and “Clean” Teams to Rollout Monday

Those in blue are members of Allied Universal, the “safe” team and those in orange are members of Chrysalis, the “clean” team.

Rollout of both the “Safe” and the “Clean” portions of the Business Improvement Districts (BID) program will begin Monday (14n May).

The BID meets the second Friday of the month, 10 am at Mishkon Tephilio, 206 Main Street, Santa Monica. Their web site is VeniceBeachBID.com. The new telephone number for both the office staff and special service requests was announced Wednesday and is 310-396-8243. Now members can ask for particular services, such as graffiti cleanup.

Both “Safe” — Allied Universal and “Clean” — Chrysalis introduced themselves or their project leads with members of the respective teams Friday at the monthly meeting of the BID. They each explained their duties and then the meeting was opened for questions. After the meeting Paul Williams of Chrysalis explained that they would be taking care of the area from the door to the curb.

Allied men will ride bikes and explained that they were to observe and report, document with photos and call police when necessary. All Allied men have background checks and are approved by the LAPD. They will carry handcuffs and pepper spray.

Questions ranged from treatment of gangs at the beach to health issues that have been brought up by Dr. Drew, the radio commentator. Once again it was explained that the BID was not the sole source but was supplemental to the City services and private services. When one lady mentioned that she had to clean her steps every morning before people came to work at 9 am, Tara Devine, chief executive officer, explained that services would evolve with the tasks.

It was agreed that Allied Universal would meet once a month with property owners to iron out any problems that might occur.

Map courtesy of BID Board.)

The map shows the industrial and commercial properties along with some other properties such as Westminster School that will be included in the BID properties. Residential properties in the area will not be part of the BID.

Azucena Vela explains the duties of the Allied Universal “safe” team that she will head for the BID.

Members of Chrysalis explain the duties of Chrysalis’ “clean” team that will start work for the Venice BID.

Schedule of Workers for Allied
Allied Universal will deploy workers as follows in both zones.

— 2 people from 5:30 am to 2 pm

— 1 person from 8:30 am to 5 pm

— 1 person from 10:30 am to 7 pm

— 2 people from 2 pm to 10:30 pm

— 1 person from 5 pm to 1:30 am

- 1 people from 7 pm to 3:30 am

Schedule of Workers for Chrysalis
Paul Williams, supervisor for Chrysalis, explained that they would be taking care of both zones and that individual street sweepers (employees pushing carts) would focus on the area from building-front to the curb line along their routes.

Chrysalis will deploy a team of 7 people from 7 am to 4 pm performing in both zones of work and will have a truck for bag pick-ups, removing graffiti and pressure washing. From 10 am to 7 pm, they will have a second deployment of 2 people in a truck to complete service calls.

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